Harold Arnold Steiner Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 40519 - B-17 Navigator Harold Arnold Steiner Jr 34BG, 8AF.
Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg 7-Oct-44 in B-17 44-8328; Baled out Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9341
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 18th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16034903 / O-807458
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 391st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Deal, NJ | 20 October 1923 | Son of Harold Arnold Sr and Myrtle Steiner. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 11 December 1942 | Boston Massachusetts |
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Other Baled out POW |
Merseburg, Germany | 7 October 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg 7-Oct-44 in B-17 44-8328; Baled out Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 9341 |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 7 October 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Laguna Niguel, CA | 15 July 2011 | |
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Based Killed in Action (KIA) |
Mendlesham | 7 October 1944 | Assigned to 18BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Specialist training |
Selman Field Monroe, LA | Navigator training - Selman Field Monroe, LA |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/285379859-harold-a-steiner
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https://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/usa/New-Jersey/Harold-Steiner-Juni…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189743937/harold-arnold-steiner
MACR 9341 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
